Patient was educated on the side effects of using Apidra as follows: Hypoglycemia Hypoglycemia happens to be the most common side effect with Apidra. The risk for this complication multiplies with the patient being noncompliant with the time of Apidra administration, stacking up the doses of insulin too close, and highly irregular eating habits with improper mealtimes. During the episode of hypoglycemia, patients can present with dizziness, headache, hunger, sweating, weakness, irritability, tremors, increased heart [...]

Patient was educated on how to take Apidra as follows: Take the Apidra insulin shot at the same time every day, to avoid forgetting the shot. This also helps to avoid lags in insulin coverage or stacking up the doses of insulin too close. Forgetting the shot can precipitate an episode of elevated blood sugars. Since Apidra has a very short duration of onset of action, the shot must be taken 15 minutes before meal. [...]

Patient was educated on Apidra and its mechanism of action as follows: Apidra is a rapid-acting insulin that is very fast acting and belongs to the group of insulins that have the shortest duration of action among all the insulins groups. Apidra has a very short onset of action of 15 minutes. The action of Apidra peaks in about one hour. Apidra continues to exert the action for a total duration of 2 to 4 [...]